The Golem’s Plight Pack DLC

The Golem is a tank type of character who has quite the personality. He is very strong, can HIT really hard, and take up damage like there is no tomorrow. This guy has helped me get through numerous battles and I say if you got the money or if its especially on sale BUY HIM!!!! He will make the gameplay go buy much smoother and you gotta due is complete a gathering quest in the thorn tree to get by far on the best usuable characters in the game!!!

I honestly love this character, but unfortunately the jester is too well-rounded and quick-to-strike that I just don't use him much. If there were more characters to use in a fight at once, like a well-rounded 3 (I mean, come on, 90% of rpgs have at least 3 team members at a time in fights...) then this would be better than it is. I think the price IS fair, but unfortunately you just don't get an opportunity to use this fighter much. It's a shame, really. I'd recommend this only if you want to get a slow-speed heavy-hitter who can tank a few strikes and dish out a lot of damage. Don't think of him as a "tank" though for class purposes. He can't shield Aurora at all. He's just a high-defense fighter.

I LOVELOVELOVE Child of Light, and so I will do just about anything to extend the gameplay haha. That said, I wouldn't pay the full $3 for this. I bought it at 50% off, and I'd say it's worth that. It's a cute little sidequest, but it only takes a few minutes to complete. Also, I don't think the Golem is a great addition to the team; I prefer Oengus in the "brute force" category. Still, if you love the game, it's worth a dollar-ish.

I paid three euros and need three minutes for this DLC. If you think this is a good deal, than you should buy it.

If you're wondering, "Do I need to buy any of Child of Light's DLC?" Well... no, not really, but this is the only one that offers any new content, and it's usually $0.75 or so on sale.

I believe this DLC is only for people (like me) who have a special place at heart for Child of Light. This DLC does not make an extension enough to attract and keep occasional players focused on it, The Golem’s Plight Pack would be an interesting side quest for the normal game, I do not see as much need to be sold separately, but for anyone who likes all the characters, I recommend to buy, because I would not want to leave a character outside of my party!

[b]DLC verdict: Get it on sale[/b] [b]Comment:[/b] Adds a new companion to the game alongside some oculi jewels. You can find the Golem in the Tree of Thorns (Chapter 3) as part of a mini-quest where you find it's parts. The quest itself is trivial but this companion does have plenty of involvement in the conversations and I'd probably miss not having it in the game. It had some useful skills as well. A unique oculi jewel Erin's Stone is added into your stash too and it's useful for early to mid-game. You also receive 9 rough oculi jewels - 3 sapphires, 3 rubies, 3 emeralds; but these are easy to come by and nothing special. I recommend it on sale but just for the extra companion. [b]P.S.:[/b] To activate the The Golem’s Plight Pack install it on Steam and then launch the game while having uPlay on. It should ask you if you want to add it to your uPlay account and then confirm once you are in the game. You also have to start a new save in order for these rewards to appear. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [b]If you liked this DLC review you can find more in my [/b][url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/srcorner][u]Review Corner[/u][/url][b].[/b]

There are enough party members to not use as is. A slow tank isn't my play style, especially when i keep getting stun blocked by enemy attacks. I'm slightly disapointed with this DLC. What gets me though, is that the land his parts are found in exists as part of the map. The crevices where he is found are likely unaltered by this DLC. This makes me feel as if this DLC was cut content for the purpose of selling.

This DLC adds no new story to the game. There is a simple collect four things to get a new character to add to the team and there are already enough people on the team. Not really needed. I loved this game too.

This DLC adds a little side-quest at some point in the game (quite early) where you need to find and collect the different parts of the golem in a forest full of thorns to fix him. After that he will join your party. The Golem has very good stats. Powerful (high Attack/Magic), sturdy (high Defense/Magic Defense) and above average Critical and Dodge stats. However, it is very, very, very slow. With only a speed stat of 15 (all other characters ranges from 24 to 30 with an exception of one of 22), this greatly cripples its potential as speed is very important in this game. Despite its great offensive stats, his DPS suffers horribly from its speed. The Golem also has (very) long casting times for his skills, which makes it more likely for him to get interrupted and get bumped back on the timeline which is worse than usual with his speed. Despite some people calling him a "tank" (probably because of his good defences), he's not a tank. A tank is someone who can cover its party member and sponge hits in his stead (there is already someone else with this role). The Golem can't do that. He's just a very slow, sturdy "hard hitter". The Golem also doesn't fit in any niche. His skills are picked from the other characters' skill trees with little tweaks here and there. His most useful skill (50% slow debuff attack for 2 turns) is also copied from another character (who has 30 speed!). He has one unique passive skill, which is "10%-30% chance of bumping an enemy back regardless of its spot on the timeline". A great passive if it wasn't for its, again, terrible speed. The Golem also comes with dialogue and interaction with the other party members for little more "character bonding" but other than that it doesn't add anything to the story. With this DLC also comes a unique oculi: Erin's Stone. It grants +2% Critical on the weapon slot, +2% Dodge on the armor slot and 50% HP recovery if the wearer died and stayed dead until the end of the battle. The effects of this stone is unique, as no other oculi has any of these three effects. However, I havent' found any use out of this stone myself. There are much better offensive oculi in the game (up to 40% (physical) attack power or up to 25% spell power). I would rather have 20%/35% physical or magical damage reduction than depend on 2% more Dodge. The third effect is ridiculous as it's only useful if you're dying a lot and the game isn't difficult if you know what you're doing. Conclusion: I've only used the Golem for its "50% slow debuff" skill in the beginning until someone else took over its job. Besides that I don't find him useful in battles at all purely due to its speed. Doesn't add much to the story as well. Get it if you have money to spare and still want the Golem anyway. If you're short on money, don't bother as you won't miss much.